1

• Create and activate your account in IRBNet

• Manage your affiliations from your User Profile

• Add and submit necessary Training & Credential records

• Maintain your T&C records on an on-going basis

This Energizer covers how to register an account in IRBNet and manage your User Profile. It will illustrate how to:

IRBNet provides the research community with an unmatched set of secure, web-based collaboration tools to

support the design, management, review and oversight of research involving human subjects, animal models,

recombinant DNA, and more.

RESEARCH DATAWARE

Innovation in Research Management

© 2001 - 2013Research Dataware. LLC

All rights reserved.

New User Energizer

Training Energizer

National Research Network ®

2

Users that are not

registered on IRBNet

may click here to self-

register.

If you have forgotten

your password, click

here.

To begin the registration process, go to www.irbnet.org and click the New User Registration link.

New User Registration New User Energizer

Training Energizer

3

Always use your

proper name, with

standard capitalization

as this information is

used throughout the

system.

Passwords must

contain 8 (eight)

characters.

Fill out your first and last name, and choose a username and password.

Basic Account Information New User Energizer

Training Energizer

4

Click “Accept” to accept the

terms of use and continue.

All IRBNet users must agree to the Individual Terms of Use in order to register on the system.

Individual Terms of Use New User Energizer

Training Energizer

5

Search to find your local

institution. You may

search for your institution

using any terms, such as

“metro”.

Highlight your institution,

and click continue.

Select Your Organization

Search to find your local institution. Contact your local coordinator if you are unclear where you should register.

New User Energizer

Training Energizer

6

Use your institution-approved email to ensure that you receive your

activation email and all automatic notifications from the system. Failure

to use an appropriate email address may result in your account not being

activated.

Fill in your contact information. Be sure to use a valid email address. You will need to be able to receive emails from IRBNet in order to activate your account.

Contact Information New User Energizer

Training Energizer

7

Click “Register” and

continue. An automated

activation email will be

sent to your email

address.

Take a moment to confirm

that the correct email is

listed. It can be corrected

by clicking “Edit” and re-

entering the address.

Verify that the information you have entered is correct. If any of the fields need to be edited, you may do so using the yellow “Edit” links.

Finalize Registration New User Energizer

Training Energizer

8

Click “Continue” to

finalize your

registration and send

the activation email.

Once you finalize your registration, an activation email will be sent to your registered email address. You will need to click the link within that email to activate your account.

Registration Complete New User Energizer

Training Energizer

9

Visit the inbox of your registered email address and click the link within the “IRBNet Activation Required” email to activate your account.

Congratulations, you are now a member of the National Research Network!

Click the link to

complete your

activation.

From your email inbox,

open the “IRBNet

Activation Required”

message.

Complete Activation New User Energizer

Training Energizer

10

From the User Profile page you can add additional affiliations and trigger additional activation emails, if needed.

Click the “Send me an

activation email” link to

trigger an additional

activation email to your

registered email

address.

Use the Add an Additional

Affiliation link to add research

affiliations.

This is helpful if you are

affiliated with multiple

institutions, or if you are both

a researcher and a board

member.

Manage Affiliations New User Energizer

Training Energizer

11

Upload appropriate Training & Credential (T&C) documents to your User Profile, as required by your local institution.

Click here to upload

T&C documents.

Add Training & Credential Records New User Energizer

Training Energizer

12

Click Attach to

upload the

document.

Enter the appropriate information and select the correct T&C document. Be sure to enter accurate Credit Hours and Expiration Date if applicable.

Click Browse to

select the correct

T&C document to

upload.

Enter Record Information New User Energizer

Training Energizer

13

Click to submit the

document to your

committee.

Submit uploaded T&C documents to the correct committee, according to local committee SOPs.

Submit T&C Documents New User Energizer

Training Energizer

14

Upload additional T&C documents as needed and keep your existing documents up to date as credentials change.

To update a document, use the Pencil icon.

The bell icon shows Messages and Alerts.

Message coordinators using the envelope icon.

Highlighted Expiration Date indicates this document will expire within the next 60 days.

Manage your User Profile New User Energizer

Training Energizer

15

Your Committee Office can offer you assistance and training on IRBNet as well as advice on how to comply with important policies and standards as you use IRBNet.

RESEARCH DATAWARE

Innovation in Research Management

© 2001 - 2013Research Dataware. LLC

All rights reserved.

Where to Get Help... New User Energizer

Training Energizer